Amale Andraos AIA, HFRAIC, co-founded WORKac in 2003 with Dan Wood. She is a Principal of the firm as well as a Professor and Dean Emeritus of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), and the first woman to have become dean of the school. During her tenure as dean, Andraos also served as Architecture Advisor to the President and Special Advisor for the Climate School. Andraos is recognized as a thought leader, contributing widely to the field through her lectures and writings. Her publications include Architecture and Representation: the Arab City, co-edited with Nora Akawi, a critical engagement of contemporary architecture and urbanism in the Middle East. Andraos has taught extensively and is currently on the faculty at Columbia GSAPP. Andraos has served on numerous juries, advisory and selection committees. She currently serves on the Advisory Council for the New Museum’s incubator space New Inc, in New York. She recently served as the Chair of the Aga Khan award, was the President of the PHI Competition in Montreal, and until recently served on the Walton Foundation Committee, amongst others. Andraos was born in Beirut, Lebanon.